Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Summary:

          Kean starts off the chapter with a 'mad' scientist. It wasn't proven that William Crookes was actually mad, but his drawing to ghost's made it seem so. The death of his brother seemed to be the dawning of his 'ghost' era, but nothing is for certain. After the era of his 'madness' Crookes moved on to working with selenium and radioactivity. Further, Kean goes on to talk about shark teeth covered in manganese found at the bottom of the ocean then leading to talk about the megladon. The megladon is an undiscovered creature believed to be the hugest shark in existence. If such a shark exists, the why haven't we had actual proof? After all this fishy talk, scientists Pons and Fleischmann were explained to have discovered palladium in which it soaks up hydrogen. This discovery led to new energy without being tested.